I had a guest over last night, and decided to delve into a new cookbook I'd just bought -- Giada de Laurentiis' Everyday Italian. A bit of poring through said cookbook later, we decided on an appetizer and a main dish -- prosciutto-wrapped breadsticks (p. 45) and penne pasta with the sun-dried tomato pesto sauce (p. 73). One quick stop by the ( Read more... )

I'm aiming for a lower-carb diet as part of the exercise regimen I'm on. A diabetic co-worker of mine recommended a particular brand of pasta (Dreamfields) as much lower carb than the usual stuff, but still better tasting than the generally bland whole-wheat pasta which is more widely out there ( Read more... )

I'm pretty sure I haven't posted this recipe before, since I've only made it once in the last couple of years, but it's an old favorite of mine that my mom put me onto nearly two decades ago. I reconstructed it from memory this evening, and I think I got it juuuuuust about right.

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About a decade or so back, I stumbled over an author named Michaele Roessner. As far as I know, she only published three books... but all of them I found fantastically good. The latter two were mystical Renaissance period dramas, set in Italy around the time Caterina De'Medici was growing up: The Stars Dispose and The Stars Compel.The thing is, ( Read more... )